A review by rabbitandtree
The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume One: At the Edge of Empire by Daniel Kraus

4.0

oh my. how do i say this?
reading this is like browsing through an autobiography of a madman (a sophisticated one, that is) that grew even more morbid yet amusing by the minute.

this book has been a journey through a lifetime. wait, it hasn’t even been a lifetime yet cause it was only half of his lifetime (volume one out of two). YET SOOOO MUCH HAPPENED IN A SPAN OF FIFTY YEARS. FIFTY YEARS OF THIS SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY-CORPSE.

This one hell of a story is grotesque, full of action, emotional trainwreck, amusing and f*cked up in so many ways.

and i must say, i did enjoy the story. but this one is for sure a book that’s not to be rushed through.

(TW: graphic violence, physical abuse, sexual abuse, suicide, suicidal thoughts, racial slurs, profanity)